adjective
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covered with or abounding in snow
snowy hills
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characterized by snow
snowy weather
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resembling snow in whiteness, purity, etc
Other Word Forms
- snowily adverb
- snowiness noun
Etymology
Origin of snowy
before 1000; Middle English snawy, Old English snāwig. See snow, -y 1
Example Sentences
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TELLURIDE, Colo.—On a snowy March evening last year, a local official stepped to the microphone to declare that this winter ski paradise was in crisis.
On that snowy night in New Jersey, Sean Gray surveyed the dinner crowd from behind the kitchen door.
In snowier news, Mamdani faces a flurry of criticism from police over a snowball fight.
Perched upon a wide oak table, among more strange items, Duane spied a snowy owl reading from a large open book.
From Literature
In the north of Norway, Bodo can often be bitterly cold, snowy and windy during the long winter months, with temperatures deep into minus figures.
From BBC
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